High Seroprevalence of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Chelsea, Massachusetts

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SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing allows quantitative determination of disease prevalence, which is especially important in high-risk communities. We performed anonymized convenience sampling of 200 currently asymptomatic residents of Chelsea, the epicenter of COVID-19 illness in Massachusetts, by BioMedomics SARS-CoV-2 combined IgM-IgG point-of-care lateral flow immunoassay. The seroprevalence was 31.5% (17.5% IgM+IgG+, 9.0% IgM+IgG-, and 5.0% IgM-IgG+). Of the 200 participants, 50.5% reported no symptoms in the preceding 4 weeks, of which 24.8% (25/101) were seropositive, and 60% of these were IgM+IgG-. These data are the highest seroprevalence rates observed to date and highlight the significant burden of asymptomatic infection.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:222

Enthalten in:

The Journal of infectious diseases - 222(2020), 12 vom: 13. Nov., Seite 1955-1959

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Naranbhai, Vivek [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Christina C [VerfasserIn]
Beltran, Wilfredo F Garcia [VerfasserIn]
Miller, Tyler E [VerfasserIn]
Astudillo, Michael G [VerfasserIn]
Villalba, Julian A [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Diane [VerfasserIn]
Gelfand, Jeffrey [VerfasserIn]
Bernstein, Bradley E [VerfasserIn]
Feldman, Jared [VerfasserIn]
Hauser, Blake M [VerfasserIn]
Caradonna, Timothy M [VerfasserIn]
Alter, Galit [VerfasserIn]
Murali, Mandakolathur R [VerfasserIn]
Jasrasaria, Rashmi [VerfasserIn]
Quinlan, Joan [VerfasserIn]
Xerras, Dean C [VerfasserIn]
Betancourt, Joseph R [VerfasserIn]
Louis, David N [VerfasserIn]
Schmidt, Aaron G [VerfasserIn]
Lennerz, Jochen [VerfasserIn]
Poznansky, Mark C [VerfasserIn]
Iafrate, A John [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies
Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19
Chelsea Massachusetts
Epidemiology
Immunoassay
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M
Journal Article
Lateral flow assay
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
Seroprevalence
Serosurveillance
Validation

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Date Completed 21.12.2020

Date Revised 30.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/infdis/jiaa579

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31478747X